Green Economy

"With the world looking ahead to the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development
in June 2012, the UNEP Green Economy report challenges the myth that there is a trade-off
between the economy and the environment. With smart public policies, governments can grow
their economies, generate decent employment and accelerate social progress in a way that
keeps humanity’s ecological footprint within the planet's carrying capacity"

Ban Ki Moon,
UN Secretary General

The Future We Want

"Rio+20 is a moment to take stock of the past 20 years of sustainable development
- a moment too, to deliver the means of implementation for a very different century
in a world of seven billion people."

Achim Steiner,
Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and UNEP Executive Director

Environmental Governance

"Time is not on our side. Rio+20 must take quick and immediate action to respond to
the current environmental crisis. Delegates stressed there should be a clear decision
on the institutional framework for sustainable development and international
environmental governance"

Federico Ramos de Armas,
State Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment of Spain